Chapter 402: It's Not Impossible Either

"This... how is this possible?!"

"Even if he is also proficient in Artisan Technique, it is impossible to break our Ninjutsu so casually, right?!"

"It seems the intelligence really has problems! Do not be careless, the three of us will attack together, use that move!"

The individual attacks failed to have any effect, so the three decided to join forces to use Ninjutsu to attack.

The three's positioning changed again; as the team leader, Takahashi Naoto stood firmly in the center of the corridor, while Nakamura and Yuko leaped onto the thick smoke walls on either side to flank and attack Chen Che.

"Water Style Water Dragon Bullet!"

Nakamura formed seals with both hands and pushed forward; a massive water dragon gathered from the air and swiftly coiled around Chen Che.

The moment the water dragon coiled around Chen Che, its form changed again, turning into a giant water sphere that encased Chen Che within it.

Takahashi Naoto formed seals with both hands and slammed them onto the ground, shouting loudly: "Earth Style Buddha Hand!"

A pair of giant hands formed from earth elements rose from the ground, pressed together, and with a 'slap', slammed Chen Che inside the water sphere into their palms.

Yuko had her back stuck to the thick smoke wall at the top, holding blades in both hands with the hilts connected: "Fire Style Windmill!"

The twin blades rotated rapidly like a windmill, roaring flames ignited on the blades, and as they spun, the flames gathered into a massive pillar of fire.

The fire pillar sprayed onto the pressed-together giant palms, quickly enveloping and burning them.

The three elements of fire, water, and earth mixed, scorching steam emerged, and the giant hands slowly collapsed and dissolved, turning into a pool of lava.

The lava solidified into a sphere, and Takahashi Naoto formed seals with both hands again; the surrounding thick fog turned into sharp spikes that pierced the sphere.

For a moment, the thick fog space fell into silence.

The trio remained in their seal-forming state, staring fixedly at the lava sphere, not daring to be the slightest bit negligent.

"Crack!"

Suddenly, the lava sphere emitted a soft sound and a crack appeared.

"Not good!"

Takahashi Naoto roared in panic, waved both hands, and streaks of lightning formed a large lightning net, trapping the lava sphere.

"Draw blades, go!"

Takahashi Naoto did not pause for even a second and immediately launched another action.

The trio swarmed forward, three people with six blades drawn simultaneously, all coated with different elemental powers, hacking down at the lava sphere together.

"Clang—hum—"

The blades sliced through the lava sphere as if cutting melons and vegetables, but when they reached halfway, they encountered resistance, and a Sanskrit sound of metal colliding rang out with extreme penetrating power.

The trio's bodies, from blades to arms, were all trembling, and the Sanskrit sound entering their ears was even more soul-shaking, leaving them dizzy.

"Crack!"

After a loud sound of wood tearing, the lava sphere exploded, and Chen Che's figure was revealed.

He stood straight in place, one hand holding two fingers upright in front of him, his entire body covered by a golden bell; the trio's blades struck the bell, and as the bell body vibrated, fine cracks gradually appeared on the blades.

The trio looked at the protagonist, their eyes filled with fear and astonishment.

The thick fog strips in front of Chen Che dissipated, and he slowly opened his eyes, his voice calm and powerful: "Ninjutsu is somewhat interesting, but that is all it amounts to."

The trio exchanged glances, their expressions full of shock, and simultaneously abandoned their blades to retreat.

As Takahashi Naoto retreated, he formed seals with both hands, and black-red thick fog pressed over like a blanket.

"Boom!!!"

Violent explosions shot out beams of blinding light from the thick fog.

The explosion swept through the entire thick fog space, golden characters flipped and leaped through the space, and wherever they passed, all Artisan Technique dissipated completely.

The Heavenly Book Characters slowly returned to his body, the surrounding thick fog dispersed, and the corridor returned to the reality of raging flames.

The trio all collapsed on the ground, coughing up blood mouthful after mouthful; even though they had left Chen Che's side in time, they were still hit by the previous explosion, receiving it fully without any ability to resist.

"What kind of Artisan Technique is this? How could... there be such an Artisan Technique..."

Takahashi Naoto clutched his chest, looked up at Chen Che, his eyes filled with unbelievable shock and despair.

Chen Che did not answer, but smiled: "That is why intelligence is important."

"Ah!!!"

Nakamura did not know when he had crawled up from the ground, ignoring the blood still flowing from his mouth, and raised his blade to hack at Chen Che from behind.

Chen Che turned around, swung his long arm, and his hand-blade, coated with True Qi, traced an arc; Nakamura's head flew off his body in an instant.

Before Nakamura's corpse could fall, Chen Che snatched the blade from his hand and threw it swiftly.

Yuko, who was taking the opportunity to pull a small trick, was immediately pierced through the throat and pinned to the wall.

Flames crawled up the wall, ignited her clothes, and in an instant, she burned into a fireball.

Witnessing his companion's death, Takahashi Naoto gasped for air; even in this hellish environment, he was still drenched in sweat.

Chen Che walked slowly toward him and said with an indifferent expression: "Help me contact Yamamoto Tomoya."

Takahashi Naoto's expression changed from terror to determination: "Ninjas will not be traitors!"

"Click!"

Takahashi Naoto bit down on his back molars, and the poison hidden between his teeth quickly spread throughout his entire mouth.

In an instant, the True Qi on Takahashi Naoto's body vanished, his skin turned black like coal, and blood flowed from his seven orifices—eyes, nose, mouth, and ears.

Takahashi Naoto fell backward to the ground, twitching uncontrollably, and as the last glimmer of light in his eyes disappeared, his life also came to an end.

Chen Che watched coldly from the sidelines throughout, and after confirming that Takahashi Naoto was truly dead, he sighed: "What a pity."

"Boom!"

Flames were still sweeping through the entire building, the fire crackled, and the floor had already begun to show signs of collapse.

Chen Che walked quickly to the banquet hall; the guests had long since fled, those who had not managed to leave the hall had been smoked into unconsciousness, and even those who had run out of the hall had not managed to escape the building.

Chen Che patrolled the people trapped here, attempting to find a suspicious individual, but after searching a circle, these people had nothing special about them other than being rich.

Then why would the Shadow Organization not even spare them?

He couldn't figure it out, and now wasn't the time to think about it anyway; the internal strife in Japan had nothing to do with him, so he should leave quickly to find Ji Xuan and the others, and after this incident, Akiyama Minako should be on his side.

Chen Che was about to leave, but he suddenly stopped in his tracks, looked down, and saw a petite, fair hand clutching his pant leg tightly.

The owner of the hand was none other than Miyanaga Rika, whom he had met once before.

At this moment, Miyanaga Rika was clearly badly choked by the smoke; her face was covered in soot, her eyes were unfocused, and relying on the instinct to survive, she held onto this straw of salvation with her last shred of consciousness.

"Save... save me..."

Miyanaga Rika's purple lips parted slightly as she pleaded weakly.

Chen Che hesitated for a moment, but ultimately hoisted her onto his shoulder and leaped out of the building.

"Boom!!!"

Explosions followed one after another, and five minutes after Chen Che jumped out of the building, the entire Takiji Group building collapsed, turning into ruins.

Chen Che set Miyanaga Rika down by the river, cupped some water to wash his face, and splashed some onto Miyanaga Rika's face as well.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Miyanaga Rika coughed violently a few times and slowly woke up.

"Did you save me?" Miyanaga Rika looked at Chen Che and asked.

Chen Che retorted with a question: "What do you think?"

Miyanaga Rika shook her head, feeling that her head still hurt a lot; she remembered that she had just changed her clothes and returned to the banquet hall when the sound of an explosion occurred, followed by a fire.

The smoke was very choking, and after that, she fainted... In her daze, it seemed she had grabbed onto someone's clothes.

As her memory returned, Miyanaga Rika looked up at Chen Che again and suddenly laughed: "Heh... hehe..."

Chen Che was curious: "What are you laughing at?"

"Surviving a great disaster, of course I'm happy."

"Oh, then you keep on being happy."

Chen Che brushed the dirt off his body and was about to leave, but he heard Miyanaga Rika behind him say:

"I had indeed thought before about whether a man would take me away today; I didn't expect it to actually be you, someone who has nothing to do with me."

Chen Che turned his head slightly: "You originally thought it would be Akiyama Tsuyoshi, right?"

"I thought that even if he were cowardly and didn't dare to openly oppose his father, at least he would rescue me in secret..." Miyanaga Rika's eyes were desolate, "But I didn't expect that I still thought too highly of him."

"That just goes to show that your judgment in men is flawed."

Miyanaga Rika tilted her head back, staring blankly at Chen Che: "Counting it up, you've saved me twice today."

Chen Che turned back around and looked at Miyanaga Rika: "So?"

Miyanaga Rika said: "You are a good person, so be a good person to the end and do me one more favor."

Chen Che teased: "I thought you were going to say you'd repay me by offering yourself."

Miyanaga Rika said with a serious face: "You have such great abilities and are from Xia; if you can also help me resolve this favor, offering myself is not out of the question."

Chen Che was stunned; he clearly hadn't expected her to say that, and for a moment, he became interested: "What favor?"

"Help me rescue my family," Miyanaga Rika said.